The 3rd StyleForum Fragrance Sample Swap Box... - Page 2

The last time when it came back to me at the end it was in part like that, though not entirely. I assume that is may have sucked at points along the way, hence my push for it being about sampling new things, with the occasional taking, but not just a free for all to take as they want. It's more about getting rid of a pile of stuff you don't want, trying a whole lot of new things that you'll get decants/bottles of later, and taking a few that interest you. I've got about 100-200 samples of stuff going in, the juice is easily worth $300 at a basic guess. Every bottle I own has multiple samples in there plus I've spent months going to various stores and boutiques begging for samples. Joop! ?, nah, already got me a bottle of dat.

that's the basic premise of all the 'guidelines'. This is all just for fun and everyone's free to do whatever they want. None of use can force someone else to act a certain way, but I'm hoping that people have integrity and a sense of belonging to the group and want to make the experience good for everyone as well as themselves. It's just about the honor system. Sure, I'll set that up. I don't think I'll be typing up everything that's in there now because it's just too much. that's the basic idea. I'm trying to focus the experience on being more about trying new things before buying them rather then trading stuff nobody wants for stuff everyone wanted, but don't get me wrong, that's still fair game. I just mean drop in 10-30, try 50, take 5, make 5 samples, more like that sort of ratio (of course ignore the numbers). As for different values, well retail value isn't always the same as quality as Thomas pointed out. Part of the big reason for why you might want to join this is that instead of everyone buying various samples, or being limited to only what's available for them to try locally, basically everyone shares the resources together so we can all try new things for the experience of seeing what's out there, or finally smelling what everyone's talking about, or seeing what to buy/split next. I hear you there, I just don't think it's practical because then people have to ship a package to me, then when the box arrives, ship it to the next person as well. Plus it'll take a few weeks for everything to arrive here, get organized, etc... I've spent months loading the box up so hopefully it's good to start. Unless you've just got a ton of stuff (lookin' at you Rambo) that will make a big difference to the seed, I think it's fine to just wait for your turn. I don't really want to DQ people, but I do just want to make sure everyone understands what they're getting into in terms of sheer volume of samples, and that they have some sense of commitment to everyone else. OK, hopefully we can get all the people signed up and ready to go by early next week and then we'll get started.

Spreadsheet is up - HERE
(I'll update what's in there tonight plus include some pics.
Anything in my wardrobe and 'sample' list is included in the box, most with multiples)

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nothing, it's the honor system. It's been put out there in the guidelines and hopefully people have integrity. My assumption going in is that i'm getting rid of a bunch of stuff I don't want plus a bit of wardrobe stuff i do actually value, hopefully someone else will find something they like and that makes me happy. With some luck, I'll get to sample a few new things I wouldn't have before, so there's not much to lose. Don't give away things you care about what happens to.